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DC Promise Neighborhoods Initiative: Needs Assessment and Segmentation AnalysisQ15. During the past 12 months, how many times has someone stolen or deliberatelydamaged your property such as your car, clothing, or books on school property?stolenDamagedYourProperty Frequency PercentCumulativeFrequencyCumulativePercent0 times 189 69.74 189 69.741 time 40 14.76 229 84.502 or 3 times 32 11.81 261 96.314 or more times 10 3.69 271 100.00Q16. During the past 12 months, how many times has someone threatened or injured you with aweapon, such as a gun, knife, or club, on school property?Fifteen percent of Chavez High School students have been threatened or injured with a weapon onschool property one or more times. About 11% of students in the DC YRBSS and 8% of youth in thenational YRBSS study have been threatened or injured with a weapon at school one or more times. Therewere no substantial differences by grade, neighborhood, or gender.Q16. During the past 12 months, how many times has someone threatened or injured youwith a weapon, such as a gun, knife or club, on school property?threatenedInjuredYou Frequency PercentCumulativeFrequencyCumulativePercent0 times 231 84.93 231 84.931 time 23 8.46 254 93.382 or 3 times 11 4.04 265 97.434 or more times 7 2.57 272 100.00Q17. During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight on school property?Chavez High School and the national YRBSS had close results for this question. Thirteen percent ofChavez High School students have been in a physical fight on school property one or more times in thelast year, while 11% of respondents in the YRBSS study also have been in a fight one or more times onschool property. More students in the DC YRBSS (19%) have been in a physical fight at school in the last12 months. Twelfth grade students were in a physical fight the most (16%), and eleventh grade students(8%) were in the least number of fights. There were not any differences by neighborhood or gender.Q17. During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight onschool property?physicalFight Frequency PercentCumulativeFrequencyCumulativePercent0 times 234 86.67 234 86.671 time 22 8.15 256 94.812 or 3 times 11 4.07 267 98.894 or more times 3 1.11 270 100.00166
DC Promise Neighborhoods Initiative: Needs Assessment and Segmentation AnalysisQ18. During the past 12 months, how often do other students make unwanted or rude sexualcomments to you on school property?Chavez High School students experience unwanted or rude sexual comments less than the respondentsin the Maryland Adolescent Development in Context Study (MADICS). Chavez High School had 48% ofstudents report a couple of times per year to every day, and MADICS reports 57% of students whoexperience unwanted or rude sexual comments from other students a couple of times per year to everyday. Tenth grade students reported the most unwanted or rude comments from other students (60%)while only 34% of eleventh grade students reported the same. Approximately one-third of studentsreported experiencing unwanted or rude sexual comments a couple of times per year to every day andthere were no differences by gender. There were no differences between neighborhoods.Q18. During the past 12 months, how often do other students make unwanted or rude sexualcomments to you on school property?sexualComments Frequency PercentCumulativeFrequencyCumulativePercentNever 141 52.03 141 52.03A couple times each year 36 13.28 177 65.31A couple times each month 18 6.64 195 71.96Once or twice each week 22 8.12 217 80.07Every day 26 9.59 243 89.67Not sure 28 10.33 271 100.00Q19. During the past 12 months, has anyone offered, sold, or given you an illegal drug on schoolproperty?About 13% of students at Chavez High School (13%) have been offered an illegal drug at school. This ismuch less than the results in the DC and national YRBSS results, 25% versus 23%, respectively. Moreeleventh grade students (26%) have been offered an illegal drug in comparison to ninth (8%), tenth(14%), or twelfth grade students (13%). There were no differences by neighborhood or gender.Q19. During the past 12 months, has anyone offered, sold, or given you anillegal drug on school property?illegalDrugs Frequency PercentCumulativeFrequencyCumulativePercentYes 35 12.96 35 12.96No 235 87.04 270 100.00Q20. How safe do you feel getting to and from school?Two-thirds (66%) of students at Chavez High School feel very safe or mostly safe getting to and fromschool, while 94% of students in DCPS feel very safe or mostly safe “walking” to school in a comparablequestion. (However, DCPS’s low response rate makes comparisons difficult.) A greater percentage ofstudents in the DCPNI footprint (77%) feel very safe or mostly safe getting to and from school whencompared to students who live outside the footprint (63%), although these differences were notstatistically significant. Twelfth grade students feel the most safe (77%), and tenth grade students feel theleast safe (58%) traveling to and from school. Notable differences were not found when looking at theresponses by gender.167
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